"Declaration (of a Kgomotso Girl)"

Students will read and discuss "Declaration," a poem written by a Peace Corps Volunteer serving in South Africa. Students will focus reading and discussion on issues of gender as they appear in the poem.

Objectives

Students will deepen their knowledge about the lives of people in South Africa.

Students will discuss how elements of poetry such as tone work to convey meaning.

Students will discuss similarities and differences between their lives and the lives of the poem’s characters.